Hopper-car.



P. L. IRWIN & J. E. TBSSEYMAN.

HOPPER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1911.

Patented 0@t.14,1`913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

F. L. IRWIN L J. E. TESSEYMAN.

HOPPBR GAR.' APPLICATION FILI-D MAY 26| 1911.

1,075,571. Patented 001.14, 191s.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

4 a o a WITNSSES.- 9M HvvEA/"Tolfzfo P. L. IRWIN da J. E. TESSEYMAN.

. HOPPBR GAR. v APPLIGA'LION FILED MAY 26. 191 1.

. l'1,075,571 .y v Patented 00u14, 1913.

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srarns rnirnnr ernten FRANK L. IRWIN AND JOHN E. TESSEYMAN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TD THE RALSTON STEEL CAR COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO', A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

KOFFER-CAE.

To all fwmmif may Concern:

t Be it known that we, FRANK L. nwiN and JOHN E. TnssnYMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county oi'f Franklin and State of 0hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Hopper-Cars, or' which the following isa specification.

@or invention relates to improvements in hopper cars,-and herein is applied to a twin hopper car having a center sill hood7 and consists especially in forming the cross hood in such a manner that it maybe securely joined to the center sill hood and the sides of the car, and is strongly reinforced. In this construction, preferably the bottom line the center girder and that of the hopper are in the saine horizontal plane, and the bottom line of the side girder plates lis in a horizontal plane between the ton and bottom of the center girder construct-ion; this construction of car we deem to have great advantages in the matter of strength and correctness of design, whereby a saving of material is edected and the reinforcement ot' the various parts is more readily and appropriately provided for. Y

Essentially the cross hood embodied in this application is made up of sloping sides,

one being adapted to abut against the other at the apex, and a continuous ridge or cover piece is applied to the apex and extends from side to side of the car, and is secured .to the inside side stake at its ends. The cross-hood 1s also supportedby a bracing angle .member extending from side to sideof the hood and being secured thereto.

ln the oreavlngs which are-hereto attached and hereby made a part of this speeiication, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through one end of a car on a l-i-ne. between the center sill and side of the car,

having our improvements therein; Fig. 2

'is a vertical transverse section through one end of the car along the line A-A of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is a vertical 'transverse section through the cross hood showing the reinforcement thereof and vtheinanner o connecting` the same to the inside sidestalres. Fig. l is atop plan view showin'T the cross hood broken away at the ends and2 the manner oit apply- 'ing the cross hood to the center sill hood;

Figi 5 is a vertical transverse section through Fig. 4. alongthe line B-B specification of Leners raient.

Application filed May 26, 3911.

tatented Oct.. 1d, i913.

Serial No. 629,710.

the side of the car, i the center sill hood,.

traversing the car longitudinally, having sloping sides with tlanges 5 and 6 termedl at their lower edges and overlapping the vertical webs of the conter sill channels and being riveted thereto at 7 and 8. The center sill hood near the end of the car is firmly joined to the end slope sheet 2 along the line shown generally at 9, and in a well known Way at its other end the center sill hood is joined to the cross hood, by having the lianges 10 and 11 formed thereon through which rivets, as at 12 and 13, are inserted, thereby securing the hoods together.

The cross hood is formed of the inclined or sloping sheets 14 and 15 which meet at `pears clearly in Fig. 2, The vcross hood is connected to the center' sill hood l as' noted above, and the ridge orl cover member 17 is applied to the apex of the cross hood and extends from side to side of the car as appears especially in Fg.'i2, and is. se curedA to the' cross hood'by means of rivets as appears at 18. Thelridge member 17 is likewise secured tothe; outwardly inclined flanges 28'at the lower end oit' the inside side stake 24 by meansfof rivets as appears at 26,

the attachment-"being similarly eected 'onf Athe opposite side ofi-the car, all of which appearsLinfF-ig. 2. AReferring to Fig; 3,'the

rivet 26 secures together the flange. 28 ofthe inside-,side stake'll, Ythe ridge member 17, and the sloping side 15 Tof the cross hood, thereby strongly reinforcing the v'c iosshood construction, the reinforcing construction being siinilarly made 'at the opposite side of the cross hood by rivet 25 passing through members 1 7, 27, and14.

' The-cross hood is united to the cen-terlsill hood in the manner vabove pointed outfand. also thereareprovided the angle members-2 29 and 30 which are'secured to the outer face of a channel ofthe center girder `and los are securely riveted thereto, and alsol riveted vsecu red thereto.A

to the inner faceswof the 'cross hood sheets, whereby' the ends of the cross hood sheets abutting' agaii'ist the center sill are firmly A further bracing niember B5' extends from one side to the other of the cross hood and is preferably an angle member with its flanges bent at the ends as appears at 36 and 37, and rivets-38 and 39 ...pass vtlyoreth'rough and through the sloping sheets 1d and 15 of the cross hood. Therefore, the cross hood construction provided herein is reinforced by the ridge or cover member 17 passing over the Whole length of the cross hood, is also reinforced by connection vwith the inside side stakes, also by the flange members connecting the center sill hood therev-.f'ith7 by the angle members applied to the center sill, and by the angle member extending across the cross h ood and being secured to the sloping sheets thereof, whereby a most effect-ive bracing and reinforcing construction is provided. lFurther, the angle members i-1 and 42 are applied to the lower edges of the cross hood sheets and are secured thereto by rivets as appears at 413. ln Fig. 4 rivets l0 and Ll0E- are shown which secure together the cross'hood sheet" 14. and the end of the angle brace 35. In this construction the ridge member 17 is seen to be applied to the apex of the cross hood from side to side of the car oontinuouslyv and is secured 'thereto throughout its length, and at its ends is likewise secured to the Wide inwardly projecting tianges of the inside side stakes. At about the middle point, said member 17 bears upon t-he center sill hood ell This manner of construction imparts very great strengthto the ero-ss hood and gives strong reinforcement thereto and to the sides of the car. Further,

it is apparent that it is immaterial Whether sheet 14 or 15 is the overlapping one at the apex.

FS/*hat We claim is?n 1. In a hopper car having a center sill, a cross hood formed of sloping oppositely inclined sheets secured at their ends to the center sill and the sides of the car and abutting along their upper edges, and a ridge member extending Continuously from side to side ofy the car and applied. to the apex of said cross hood.

2. In a hopper car having a center sill, a cross hood formed of sloping oppositely inclined sheets secured at their ends to the center sill and the sides of the car and abut ting along their upper edges, and a ridge member extending continuously from side to side of the car and applied to the apex of said cross hood, and an inside side stake applied at its lower end to said ridge member and secured thereto and to said cross hood sheets.

3. In a hopper car having a center sill, a cross hood formed of sloping oppositely inclined sheets secured attheir endstothe center sill. and the sides of the ear and abuttir'i'g along their upper edges, and a ridge Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Gommssioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

